Category Archives: Tutor News

MSt alumni Paul Sweeten and Luke Smith launch literary journal The Harlequin

MSt graduates Paul Sweeten and Luke Smith have launched The Harlequin, a new quarterly literary journal featuring poetry, fiction, interviews and personal essays. The first issue features poetry from MSt tutors Jane Draycott and Geore Szirtes, and also work from … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play on Radio 4, May 20th

MSt tutor Abi Docherty’s play Edward Edward will be broadcast on Radio 4 on May 20th at 2.15 pm.

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MSt Tutor Jenny Lewis reads at launch of pamphlet, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 28 April 2013

MSt tutor Jenny Lewis with read, with Adnan al Sayegh,  Joseph Brady and Taj Kandoura at the the launch of a new pamphlet “Now as Then” from Mulfran Press 28th April at 12.00pm, Ashmolean Museum Oxford. There will also be readings … Continue reading

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s poem wins Poetry Society National Poetry prize

MSt tutor Jane Draycott’s poem “Italy to Lord” won second prize in the Poetry Society’s National Poetry competition: http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/npc/npc2012winners/

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MSt tutor Nikita Lalwani on Sunday Times list

MSt Tutor Nikita Lalwani has been listed in the Sunday Times recommendations for the 20 Best British writers under 40. The article (behind paywall)

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MSt tutor Jane Draycott in Poetry & Medicine, 4 Mar 2013, London

“exploring the rich connections between poetry, medicine and health, featuring acclaimed poets John Burnside, Jo Shapcott and Jane Draycott.” Tickets are £9.50 online at the Kings Place website or £11.50 at the Kings Place box office on 020 7520 1490 … Continue reading

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MSt staff and alumnus at Blackwell’s Literary Rising Stars: Part III, Tues Apr 6, Oxford

An evening with three of Oxford’s Rising Literary Stars. With MSt alumnus Prajwal Parajuly, MSt tutor Sam Thompson, and Patrick McGuinness. The three authors will be in conversation with Dr. Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt. Tickets: £3 (available from  … Continue reading

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Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, “The Ruffian in the Market Place” at the Oxford Literary Festival, 21 Mar 2013

Clare Morgan (Director, MSt) and Susan Sellers (Professor, English, St Andrew’s University) on The Ruffian in the Market Place: What Do We Read Fiction For? “Drawing on literary predecessors as varied as Jane Austen, Henry Miller, Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, … Continue reading

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MSt tutor George Szirtes: new work, 2012/13

MSt tutor George Szirtes has several recent publications: Poetry Bad Machine (UK Bloodaxe, 2013) Bad Machine (UK Sheeps Meadow, 2013) Poems for Children In the Land of the Giants (Salt 2012) Translation Yudit Kiss: The Summer My Father Died (Telegram) … Continue reading

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Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, reviews Kirsty Gunn in the Times Literary Supplement

Clare Morgan, Director of the MSt, reviewed Kirsty Gunn in the Times Literary Supplement. Read the review (for TLS subscribers/behind paywall).

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